utanga - burden; freight; cargo
utanga, n. 1. Burden, freight. Aotea utanga rau (P.).
2. n. (fig.) Bearer of burden. Ehara, e te hoa he utanga kupu au na rau o iwi (N.M. i. 7).
Williams Dictionary
Ka utaina ngā utanga o ia waka, ā, o ia waka, ā, ka ruupeke ki runga me ngā tāngata.The cargo was loaded on each canoe and then everything was assembled on board including the people.
